08 March 2014

Islamic boys' school bars women from applying for job as science teacher

The job description – placed by outsourcing company Capita – referred to an Islamic school and specified a “male science teacher” for lessons until the end of the current academic year.

A woman science teacher seeking work spotted the advert and complained to the National Secular Society (NSS), the charity campaigner for separation of religion and state.

The Department for Education brought the issue to the attention of Leicester City Council and the advert for Madani Boys’ School in Evington, Leics, was axed. [Daily Express] Read more